Spook Avenue

Tube/image of choice,I am using Jasmine Becket-Griffith,(this specfic image was part of a tier promotion CILM had)which you can purchase here,do not use unless you have a license to do so.

Template of choice,I am using Bev's template 64 here. Thank you Bevie!

Mask of choice,I am using Vixs_Mask86 here. Thank you Vix!

Wordart is from Susan at Hippiedaze Scrappin Stuff here. Thank you Susan for sharing!!

A bold font of choice,I am using Copperplate Gothic Bold,same with my psp program.

-This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP-

Dropshadow for tut:
Vertical 6
Horizonal 6
Opacity 67
Blur 8

Open mask,minimize.

Open template/delete credits.

Highlight white background layer/flood fill with color from tube/image you are using,I am using #0a1034/right click/new mask layer/from image/select mask/ok/layers/merge/merge group/using pick tool/position mask to the left of the tag/layers/duplicate/image/mirror.

Right click on copy layer of mask/merge/merge down/back to layers/duplicate/image/flip.

Highlight the rectangler layer/selections/select all/float/defloat/paste tube or image of choice/selections/invert/delete/deselect/right click on image layer/merge/merge down to rectangle layer/dropshadow.

Open a new 600x600 white image/flood fill with same color you used for the mask layer/edit/copy/minimize.

Highlight outer dotted lines/selections/select all/float/defloat/edit/paste flood filled layer you just created into selection(edit)/deselect/dropshadow.

Paste wordart/resize 50%/position/adjust/color/channel mixer/settings:

Output channel:blue
Red % -148
Green % 200
Blue % 200
Constant % 12
Monochrome unchecked/ok/dropshadow.

Layers/new raster layer/right click/arrange/send to bottom/flood fill white.

Layers/merge/merge visible.

Image/resize all layers 10%.

Add copyrights.

Add name.

*For my name,I used #0a1034 for fill/white on foreground.

Save.

*Make sure to name your tag differently than the templates,and save as a jpg.

Hope you enjoyed my tut,would love to see your results.

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Hugs,Mary